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Patented Sept. 3, 1935 COUNTER DISPLAY RACK William F. J. Anderl, DavidCity, Nebr. Application November 18, 1933, Serial No. 698,683

1 Claim.

My invention relates to the general class of store furniture, andespecially to display racks for use on counters, tables or otherhorizontal It is the object of my invention to provide a simple,inexpensive, durable and attractive rack or holder for articles ofmerchandise which are relatively flat and of substantially rectangularform. Shirts, pajamas, and various other articles of apparel are amongthose which are customarily displayed and sold in packages or in afolded formation adaptable to display in the counter racks provided bymy invention. A further object of my invention is to provide a displayrack for articles of the class mentioned, adapted to hold a plurality ofthe articles or packages, and adjustable to accommodate a varyingnumberthereof, whereby any number of the articles within the capacity ofthe rack may be securely retained in an upright position, so thatinspection thereof is facilitated, and so that any of the articles maybe removed from the rack without disturbing the others.

In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a displayrack embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same, Fig. 3is a side elevation thereof, and Fig. 4 is a transverse section on theline 4-4 of Fig. 3.

The display rack shown in the drawing is formed principally by twopieces of rather heavy sheet-metal, which may be coated with enamel,lacquer or the like, to provide any desired color or surfacecharacteristics suitable for the particular use for which the racks areintended. One

of the sheet-metal members constitutes the base of the rack andcomprises a rectangular body 5 having a flange 6 extending up verticallyfrom the front end thereof, and having along each of its longitudinaledges an inturned flange l.- On the lower side of the base 5 a pluralityof pads 8, of felt or the like, are aifixed as shown, said pads beingadapted toprevent scratching of any surface on which the rack issupported, and affording frictional contact with the surface to preventtoo free sliding of the rack thereon; The second sheet-metal member hasa rectangular footportion 9 of which the ends are adapted to fitslidably beneath the inturned flanges 1 of the base-member, and from therear edge of the footportion 9 the back-plate It) extends upwardly witha slight rearward inclination, the edges of said back-plate it] havingnotches H therein adjacent to the foot 9, into which the edges of theflanges I extend, as best shown in Fig. 4. The proportions andarrangement of the parts are such that when the base 5 and foot 9 areparallel, the latter may slide freely longitudinally beneath the hookedguide-flanges l, but when there is pressure upon the plate l tending totilt the foot, the same is caused to bind or cramp between the base andflanges i and thus prevent longitudinal sliding movement of the partsrelative to each other.

In the use of the described rack, the articles to be held thereby aredisposed in an upright series 10 between the front flange E5 of thebase-member and the plate 55 of the sliding back-member, the latterbeing adjusted longitudinally of the guideflanges 'i to provide asuitable space between the parts for receiving the lower portions of thearticles. As shown by the dotted outlines in Fig. 1, 5 which represent aseries of folded shirts or the like, the several articles in the rackare inclined to stand parallel with the back-plate ID, the rear unit ofthe series leaning against said back-plate, so that all of the articlesare maintained normally in an upright position, with a slight rearwardinclination, and with their lower edges resting upon the base and uponthe foot of the backmember. From the normal position thereof the frontarticles of the series may be tilted forwardly to facilitate inspectionof the units, without removing anyof the same from the rack, or any oneor more of the articles may be removed from the rack without disturbingthe others.

Now, having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

In a counter display rack, a sheet-metal basemember comprising arectangular horizontal body having at one end an upturned flange andlongitudinal inturned flange-portions forming parallel guides adjacentthe edges of the horizontal body, and a back-member of sheet-metalcomprising a foot-portion slidably received in the guides and anupstanding plate from said foot-portion substantially above thehorizontal body in variable spaced relation to' the upturned flange ofthe base-member, said upstanding plate being inclined and the weightthereof being adapted to normally induce substantially vertical pressureof the free end of the foot-portion in the guides to frictionallymaintain the back-member in sli dable positions, said upstanding platehaving notches slidably receiving the inturned portions of the parallelguides, the edges of said notches being adapted to normally bindinglygrip said inturned portions of the guides.

' WILLIAM F. J. ANDERL;

